Job Description:

• 1) Tends machine that untwists and extracts water or chemicals from knit tubing after bleaching, washing, and dyeing, and applies finish to tubing preparatory to drying: Positions containers of wet knit tubing on turntable of machine.

• 2) Turns thumbscrews to adjust width of spreader, according to specifications.

• 3) Threads tubing through tension rollers and around spreader, and ties end of tubing to leader.

• 4) Turns handwheel to regulate pressure on squeeze rollers.

• 5) Turns valve to admit finishing solution into trough of machine.

• 6) Starts machine and observes operation to detect twists in knit tubing.

• 7) Revolves turntable from which tubing is fed to untwist tubing.

• 8) Measures width of tubing with hand rule to verify conformance to standards.

• 9) Doffs tubing from swing-folding attachment.

• 10) May mix finishing solution, following formula.